<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/1/26 Michael B. Trausch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>></span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:15:31 +0000<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">Joshua Kite <<a href="mailto:jwkite@gmail.com">jwkite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> 2009/1/26 Michael B. Trausch <<a href="mailto:mike@trausch.us">mike@trausch.us</a>><br>
><br>
> > On Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:42:55 -0500<br>
> > Joshua Kite <<a href="mailto:jwkite@gmail.com">jwkite@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ><br>
> > > I have a machine that had Ubuntu Feisty on it. I needed to add<br>
> > > some packages when I realized the shortcomings of not keeping a<br>
> > > distro current; the Feisty packages have been archived because it<br>
> > > is no longer supported. Long story short, I ultimately ended up<br>
> > > changing the sources.list file to point to Hardy and managed to<br>
> > > mostly get the box upgraded. However, I continually had issues<br>
> > > apt installing linux-generic and other kernel-related packages.<br>
> > > I had run in to dependency hell.<br>
> ><br>
> > The problem here is that you skipped from Feisty to Hardy. Probably<br>
> > the best bet would have been to upgrade from Feisty (7.04) to Gutsy<br>
> > (7.10), and then to Hardy (8.04).<br>
> ><br>
> > Officially speaking, Ubuntu's upgrading infrastructure only supports<br>
> > upgrading from one release to the next immediate release; the only<br>
> > exception for that is from LTS to LTS. For example, users of Dapper<br>
> > did not have to upgrade from Dapper to Edgy to Feisty to Gutsy to<br>
> > Hardy. They were able to skip Edgy, Feisty, and Gutsy altogether<br>
> > and just upgrade directly to Hardy. When the next LTS comes out,<br>
> > Hardy will be able to upgrade directly to it, as well.<br>
> ><br>
> > I don't suppose that there is probably a way to revert the packages<br>
> > to the state that they were in before you started with this. Given<br>
> > that, I would wipe the drive and install Intrepid. :-P<br>
> ><br>
> > You mentioned 2.2 kernels. I don't know what you're referring to,<br>
> > there; Ubuntu uses the 2.6 series and has all the way back to Ubuntu<br>
> > 4.10, the very first release (which used Linux 2.6.8 for its<br>
> > kernel).<br>
> ><br>
> > Could you provide some extra data? If you could pastebin the<br>
> > following files:<br>
> ><br>
> > /boot/grub/menu.lst<br>
> > /var/log/apt/term.log [Only starting from the upgrade]<br>
> ><br>
> > Also, the output of the following commands will be useful:<br>
> ><br>
> > ls -ld /boot/*<br>
> > dpkg -l<br>
> ><br>
> > I mentioned pastebin because some of these are going to be quite<br>
> > lengthy and shouldn't be on-list. I'd recommend pasting them there<br>
> > and then providing links here.<br>
> ><br>
> > --- Mike<br>
> ><br>
> > --<br>
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> > Mike,<br>
><br>
> Thanks for the help. After a good night's sleep, I have booted via<br>
> livecd and chrooted into my system. Just to cover all the bases, my<br>
> system has / /boot /home /usr and /var on different partitions, and I<br>
> mounted all of those before chrooting.<br>
><br>
> I have used apt-get to remove all linux images and similar packages.<br>
> My goal at this point is to install the linux-server package,<br>
> although I would be content with any working kernel at this point.<br>
><br>
> Per your request, here are the files you asked for (and thanks, btw,<br>
> for introducing me to pastebin):<br>
><br>
> /boot/grub/menu.lst <a href="http://pastebin.com/m27055ad2" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/m27055ad2</a><br>
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> /var/log/apt/term.log (starting after the upgrade got the machine<br>
> stable but before I ended up removing the kernel)<br>
> <a href="http://pastebin.com/m76ada55f" target="_blank">http://pastebin.com/m76ada55f</a><br>
><br>
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</div></div>Looks like you need to install GRUB. :-)<br>
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Try "sudo apt-get install grub" and see what happens.<br>
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--- Mike<br>
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My sigfile ran away and is on hiatus.<br>
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<br></blockquote></div><br>Mike,<br><br>I think our emails pass each other in cyberspace. A few cups of coffee and some clear thinking led me to the same conclusion, although I didn't figure it out from the menu.list. My problem with linux is that I'm technical enough to get myself into trouble but not so much that I can easily get myself out of it.<br>
<br>Thanks again for the help and the pointers!<br><br>Josh<br>